HATI

What stories were told in the Inuit igloos? What legends did North American Indians believe? And what tales were passed down from father to son around the fires of the dreaded Vikings? A huge wolf comes to a little girl who is afraid to fall asleep. It tells her ancient wolf legends that have been told for generations by peoples living near the Arctic Circle. In the long nights and snow storms, by the glow of the flames of the fire, the wolf Hati tells the stories of the ancestors. Stories that fathers passed on to their sons when they could not write. The girl, Tanaki, fearlessly snuggles into Hati's bushy fur and listens to him intently. He learns not only about the life of the northern peoples and their coexistence with animals, about shamans, of the gods, of demigods, giants and dwarves, but also about this, how important friendship is to even the biggest loners.